The Carbon Offset Problem

Wendover Productions

Why leaders watch it

Shows how perverse incentives undermine a well-meaning scheme, an example of unintended consequences.

Wendover Productions examines why carbon offsets so often fail to reduce emissions, covering specific examples and the perverse incentives in offset schemes.

Topics: Systems thinking & complexity, Ethics & character

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